Zubeida Mustafa
THE list of human rights recognised by the international community continues to grow. Since 1948 when the Universal...
Published 01 Jul, 2009 12:00am
ZAMIR Niazi, that indomitable champion of press freedom and honesty in journalism, died five years ago in June. His...
Published 24 Jun, 2009 12:00am
SO we are back to square one. The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance (Thoto) promulgated in 2007...
Published 17 Jun, 2009 12:00am
HAVE you noticed the invisibility of women in the IDP camps? Although they constitute a substantial number of the...
Published 10 Jun, 2009 12:00am
IT is a familiar sight. Little children loaded with heavy schoolbags being forced to `acquire` knowledge. We are...
Published 03 Jun, 2009 12:00am
Satellite image of nuclear site near Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan.—Image Courtesy Google Earth. AS Pakistan plods on...
Published 27 May, 2009 12:00am
Satellite image of nuclear site near Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan.—Image Courtesy Google Earth. AS Pakistan plods on...
Published 27 May, 2009 12:00am
ZULFIQAR Ali, a prisoner on death row in Adiala jail since April 1998, is to be hanged. There is confusion about the...
Published 20 May, 2009 12:00am
“WOMEN to reclaim public spaces a programme of defiance and resistance”. That is how the Women`s Action Forum ...
Published 13 May, 2009 12:00am
Our social and economic statistics speak louder than Obama`s damning words. — AFP/File Photo Notwithstanding the...
Published 06 May, 2009 12:00am
Our social and economic statistics speak louder than Obama`s damning words. — AFP/File Photo Notwithstanding the...
Published 06 May, 2009 12:00am
AN Afghan proverb holds that zar, zan and zameen (gold, woman and land) are linked to a man`s honour. It is no...
Published 29 Apr, 2009 12:00am
MUCH has been said about the shameful performance of our parliament on April 13 when it approved the controversial...
Published 22 Apr, 2009 12:00am
EDUCATION in Pakistan is a subject people never tire of lamenting. The problem lies with the public-sector...
Published 15 Apr, 2009 01:00am
WHY did civil society in Pakistan vociferously protest the flogging of a 17-year old girl in a public square in Swat...
Published 08 Apr, 2009 12:00am
WAS Monday`s attack on the police academy in Lahore the “internal threat” the prime minister spoke about last week?...
Published 01 Apr, 2009 12:00am
Residents of a slum in Islamabad repair their houses after heavy rains - APP/File photo. THE Sindh minister for...
Published 25 Mar, 2009 12:00am
Residents of a slum in Islamabad repair their houses after heavy rains - APP/File photo. THE Sindh minister for...
Published 25 Mar, 2009 12:00am
WHAT prompted the government`s change of heart at the eleventh hour that led to the announcement about the...
Published 18 Mar, 2009 12:00am
THE theme of International Women`s Day on March 8 is “women and men united to end violence against women and girls”....
Published 04 Mar, 2009 12:00am
